http://www.cnngo.com/seoul/life/seoul-focusing-money-making-mice-455407
Joel's Blog
Seoul is set to steal business from Singapore, Paris and Brussels. Here's why -- CNN
Egypt 'to put on trial foreign NGO workers' - BBC News
Egypt 'to put on trial foreign NGO workers'
Egypt
says it is to put on trial at least 40 people - including Americans and
other foreigners - over the funding of non-governmental organisations.
article collection: Natural Disasters and Tourism
For a limited time Taylor & Francis is offering free access to a
collection of articles about natural disaster topics, including Natural Disasters & Tourism.
conference materials, starting the 2nd decade of Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
The Stanley Foundation, in partnership with
the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the MacArthur Foundation,
successfully marked the 10th anniversary of the Responsibility to
Protect (R2P) with a well-attended conference last week that examined
R2P through past experience and contemporary realities, and considered
its future.
Catholic Church costs Italy six billion Euros a year
will things change for this unique relationship in light of the financial crisis?
US 'deeply concerned' after Egyptian forces raid NGO offices in Cairo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/29/us-egyptian-forces-raid-cairo
4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness / The costs and benefits of consensus: the future of aid hangs in the balance
FEI says 2010 WEG had nearly $400M in economic impact
A study commissioned by the Fédération Équestre Internationale, the
world governing body of horse sports, found that the 2010 Alltech FEI
World Equestrian Games had a total economic impact of $373 million to
$396 million, well above the $201 million that a state-financed study
estimated.
Japan looks to MICE for economic recovery, new think tank initiated
MICE Research Institute - http://www.mice-ri.or.jp/en/index.html
"Toward Enhancing the International Competitiveness of Japan's MICE Business."
MICE
Research Institute's Kaoru Shibuta and Hiroyuki Sugano, who are
authorities on overseas MICE, analyze the current situation and trends
in foreign countries with an advanced MICE industry, and propose
strategies for enhancing the international competitiveness of Japan's
MICE.
data visualization - corporations, corporate network
Very interesting analysis:
Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228354.500-revealed--the-capital...
full source report: http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1107/1107.5728v2.pdf